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I CAME HERE TO CHEW BUBBLEGUM AND KICK ASS...
... AND I'M ALL OUT OF BUBBLEGUM.
Everyone remembers phelpster (right), right? He swung by here last month to donate a fantastic Bromantic Interlude based around the concept of MURDER. Well, one post just wasn't enough to satiate phelpster's enthusiasm for said subject. Welcome to Murder 2.0.
Synthia: Grim harbinger of mankind's eventual enslavement at the hands of malevolent zombie clones.
Left: Dr. Venter's muse -- "one of the simplest bacteria on earth" -- the provocatively-named Mycoplasma genitalium.
Seriously, man. How did those fucking things work?
Above: Dr. Venter poses with two of his terrifying mutant abominations. The horror!

Oddly enough, this record was a one-off vanity project of one Marcus Malone (right - photo is obviously NOT from 1976), who culled the talents of no less than three guitarists to assist in the creation of this monumental masterpiece. According to what little information I can procure on the internet, Malone proceeded to a career in funk and blues immediately after the release of this album, refusing to so much as entertain any further thought of working in the "hard rock/proto-metal" genre ever again. What the fuck?



C2C's biography of Red Elk reads (in part) thusly: "Red Elk is an Inter-Tribal Medicine Man. He is a self-described half-breed Native American / white, of both the BlackFeet and Shoshoni Nations, as well as part Irish and French. He is a member of the Heyoka (hi - OH - kah) Society, a Contrarian group of Native Americans who do not follow the normal path of mankind. Red Elk is one of twelve Inner Heyoka members. He is one of the nine members of the Red Web Society who are working to bring understanding of many hidden sacred teachings to the people of Earth. He is also an honorary member of the Cherokee Nations Twisted Hair Society."
A great gasoline "drought". This happened immediately after the Viet Nam war.
Hospitals filled to capacity due to disease and government experiments.. Still to be.
Gagging on food / drinks. Choking.
USA military gone amuck. Raping / killing / stealing.
Adults losing control - kids "lord" over them. Doing so now.
Sky filled with red hot burning rocks.
Many 'good' escape into caves and tunnels and LOWER. In process now - but very limited.
Earth's people return to same as now - and worse.
NO YEAR WAS GIVEN
Puget Sound Coast: A HUGE "shelf" of earth snaps off and drops deeply from outer end - creating a giant backwash. It has a scooping effect that produces a huge Tsunami wave. This great wave is hundreds of feet high. All cities, Seattle on down to Oregon, drown. (Don't know about Oregon.) Water breaks over inland mountain passes. Rivers rise - dams break. Stops East of Spokane Washington. All up to there are killed. Washington State becomes just a strip of land. Many of the current mountain tops form islands off the new coast of Washington.
Military is digging in new tunnels, and are putting in small underground bases NOW. Going underground to escape what's coming and will rise on the command of hiding politicians to take over once again.
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"IS THERE HOPE?: Hear me friends, I am "Anti Religious" n teach NONE save Oneness between each n the Creator. The following will/can be misconstrued as a Religious STATEMENT.... IT IS NOT. I am only REPEATING what I was AUDABLY T O L D : As I layed before the Creator after all the "69 day fast" (I was on the liveing rm floom....shocked by what I had been shown over the last 3 days), I asked; "Why r u showeing me this Sir?" at that HIS VOICE "Hit"me.
IN ROME YOU WILL GET VERY FEW TO HEAR/LISTEN. THERE WILL BE A POPE....SO "BLACK" (unGodly in heart) THAT FEW WILL LISTEN (I was then shown this man. One that will be the NXT POPE OF LONG STANDING (this is now 2004). ( NOTE: There MAY be a Pope AFTER THE ONE EARTH NOW HAS and BEFORE this "Black" One.....Im not sure....but IF SO this one will have a VERY SHORT "REIGN"....making way for the Black One). (NOTE: This "Black Pope" is NOT the ANTI-CHRIST but WILL BE PART OF THAT ONES "RISING"....a BIG Part!).
AMERICA (N. Am.?) THEN SETTLED DOWN TO PEACE N G O D L Y N E S S LIVING....AND L E A D I N G!! Folks, WE BECOME A PARADISE. The "Garden" "RETURNED". An EXAMPLE to ALL EARTHS PEOPLE of what "Gentiles" can DO, n BE. IS There HOPE? YES! Can this be CHANGED to let ALL THE BADNESS "CHANGE"? YES! But ONLY IF 85 to 87% OF OUR WORLDS' POPULATION RETURNS TO RIGHTNESS IN GOD....N O W ! And in the ONENESS...in LIKE MIND.... PLEAD FOR MERCY ON/FOR A L L MANKIND. We have" TILL THE "SKYS TURN RED". THEN...the GREATEST PROBABILITY OF ALL will be...n ALL SHOWN WILL TAKE PLACE. THERE WILL BE NO HOPE OF CHANGING THAT "PROBABILITY" DURING, OR AFTERWARDS! I PLEAD OF YOU....LISTEN! CHANGE. NOW! Before it's too late.
The veils will get thinner and much more frequent as time goes on. These veils will reveal phenomena, such as visually seeing Angels, Demonic Beings, various Inner Land Beings, more UFO sightings, etc.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Ho
Shelby Cobras
Some seriously amazing bands emerged out of this troubled, violent, sickeningly sad and desolate time in S.A. Most of these bands were banned from playing or having their records released in the U.S. and U.K. due to the nature of the Apartheid, they were shunned even though the content of the music is all anti-apartheid, and anti-suppression. A lot of these bands went unnoticed for years, even decades before being re-issued and rediscovered. Some heavy shit, man. Heavy shit.
Am I here to talk about the Apartheid? NO. Although I can tell you first hand shit got gnarly. I was born and raised in S.A. during the 80’s and moved with my family to California a few short years before this era would come crushing down.
I never really understood why it was that way as a kid. It just WAS. I'm pretty sure it's what inspired my angst and general hatred for well, pretty much everything. I've never really identified myself as being of a "race" or "color", but just African. (Try explaining that to dudes in Oaktown that are about to bust a cap in your ass because you just told them you are blacker than they are) I have major African pride; to the point where I decided to keep my African citizenship AND write this blog paying tribute to what I consider to be some true African diamonds- two of the most inspiring and fucking HEAVY psych/prog/hard rock bands of the year, if not ever.
These guys are legends in South Africa. They were the biggest Hessian group to emerge from the S.A. hard rock scene, causing chaos wherever they went. These situations usually ended in curtains being lit on fire, antique pianos being smashed to pieces, yogurt throwing fights and being escorted back to S.A. every time they tried to tour in a neighboring country. This dude “Moose” I guess was the biggest instigator, and being that he was the bassist, it makes sense because sometimes bassists want recognition and attention too, not that I would know ANYTHING about that.
"Moose carried a bowie knife and I had a claw hammer, which were our weapons of choice. Andy carried his beloved Colt Python .357 Magnum and a cat-o-nine tails, which he brandished with much relish on stage!" (Now you know who wrote "The Whip"!). After all, self-preservation was foremost in our minds - we had to defend ourselves against all the "straights" that were out to scalp us! Moose once went after Freedom's Children's Brian Davidson (see next band) with an axe!"
– Steven Gilroy, guitarist.
(Dude. Let's Party)
The real big shame here is that they only wrote and recorded ONE original song. They got super bummed on the scene and media that bashed them endlessly. They should have made it big. They had a similar sound to Leafhound (and therefore Zep-sorry Cobras, dunno if you're still on your "I hate everything The Bone plays" kick-if it's any conselation they played SpookyTooth today, pretty rad). They quit after 8 short months of non-stop debauchery. Most of them went on to be either music teachers or christians. Go figure.
The covers they did were amazing though. “Aimless Lady” by Grand Funk Railroad is my favorite on this album. They had great taste in music. “Season of the Witch” is a way extended version of the Donovan original, and I think King Crimson would be proud of the “21st Century Schizoid Man” cover. The vocals totally soar and every element on this album is so messy yet gorgeous.
1. Aimless Lady originally by Grand Funk Railroad
2. 21st Century Schizoid Man originally by King Crimson
3. Season Of The Witch originally by Donovan
4. Sin's A Good Man's Brother originally by Grand Funk Railroad
5. I'll Be Creeping originally by Free
6. The Whip written by Suck
7. Into The Fire originally by Deep Purple
8. Elegy originally by Colosseum
9. War Pigs originally by Black Sabbath
(did you get that? MAXIMUM VOLUME BITCHES-
fuck your neighbors and your moms)
FREEDOM’S CHILDREN-ASTRA
(It is said that this album was conceptualized by Ramsay Mackay-founder of the band, while watching Americans land on the moon;while he was tripping on acid. Perhaps this album cover is somehow a reflection of that, perhaps not)
So “Moose” got all agro on this dude Brian Davidson. I’m sure they worked it out and fist pounded like bros though, because he sang for a pretty awesome band that they played shows with frequently. Freedom’s Children were tripped-out, ground breaking, mind-frying and regarded as one of the time’s most overlooked recordings. This album is haunting and beautiful and incorporates guitarist Julian Laxton’s own invention the “Black Box” (an oscillating multi-effects box-not crazy fancy but it made things “get weird”) with which they patched every instrument through on this album. This invention was prototyped by a company in London which spawned a short lived UK career, until the Musicians Union sanction against South African Artists gave them a no go to playing shows in the UK. That didn’t stop them however, and they recorded this great album while partying with newfound psych bros. Although I haven’t done acid in YEARS, ”The Homecoming” kinda makes me want to again. Check it out.